WA Premier shifts blame for hospital woes onto GPs once again Mark McGowan has drawn the ire of RACGP leadership for ‘unacceptable’ comments that accuse GPs of contributing to the state’s health crisis.
GPs to staff 50 ‘urgent care services’ in NSW and Victoria The bulk-billing clinics will be established near existing hospitals with the aim of easing pressure on overburdened emergency departments.
GP reform push supported by emergency doctors The President of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine has backed plans to strengthen primary care.
‘Not the time to point fingers’: GPs push back against hospital ramping blame Queensland’s Deputy Premier has said the hospital crisis is being exacerbated due to ‘GPs declining to see people with respiratory illnesses’.
In Practice: Introducing mixed billing RACGP President Dr Karen Price will next week present a webinar with Dr Emil Djakic on managing the transition to mixed billing.
Government responds to RACGP calls, expedites emergency provider numbers The move will ensure GPs can continue to practise and provide care for people in disaster-affected areas.
‘An unnavigable mess’: GPs ill-equipped to manage Medicare compliance, research finds The first qualitative study to examine practitioners’ billing experiences in Australia points to the need for urgent structural reforms.
Mental health hospital presentations increase by 61% Emergency departments are back to pre-pandemic highs, with an ongoing gap in mental health services pushing a rise in at-risk patients.
Why did Sydney’s COVID case numbers fall faster than Melbourne’s? According to experts, structural factors including climate and the connectedness of populations may offer clues.
Long phone consultations end in NSW with hotspot change Outbreak status has been rescinded for the state, significantly limiting the use of the MBS item for extended phone consultations and removing access to PPE from the national medical stockpile.